This Toronto-based teen saw a gap in the market for inclusive hair accessories — and her new business fills it beautifully. 🎀
, 19, couldn't find hair accessories that worked with her coils, she got down to business. Here, the teen entrepreneur shares her story in her own words.
When I was in grade four, I googled, "how to make your hair straight," because you know how the main character in movies walks with their hair blowing into the wind? My hair does not do that. If you don't see people that look like you, obviously you don't think that you're worthy. I remember seeingon a billboard with her textured, short hair and dark skin like mine, [and] thinking it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
Then I heard about the Ontario Summer Company program, sponsored by the Ontario government, that provides business mentorship. Through the program I had a pop-up shop and that was the moment I knew that this could actually work. Seeing people in my pieces made me feel so proud to be part of their hair journey.: to create accessories that you can put on and walk out the door and know that your hair is beautiful just as it is.
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